The Ohio State University may have won the fight against Michigan on the field Saturday, but they STILL haven't won the fight against the Buckeye Campus-area Rapist, who has been victimizing female OSU students at will since mid-summer.

University Police Chief Ron Michalec has said he is "not in favor of people walking around with a concealed weapon. The police are here to protect. That is what people should rely on."

But by their own admission, and after nearly five months, university officials' efforts to protect OSU's female students have failed.

According to an email received from campus officials and forwarded to the PAC by a concerned OSU student, "the university, working with city and campus police, has issued several crime alerts urging all area residents to follow basic safety advice" over the past few months. In spite of these safety alerts, "a rapist and burglar operating in the campus area has attacked several young women in their campus area apartments and homes
during the past few months."

Click on the "Read More..." link below to read the ground-breaking, earth-shattering self-defense wisdom university and law enforcement officials are sharing with their students.

A story in Friday's Bucyrus Telegraph Forum, has made it perfectly clear: A Senate vote on HB274 is expected in December.

"A bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed weapons could be voted on by the Senate in early December, nine months after the House approved the measure."

"Sen. Jeff Jacobson, R-Phillipsburg, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Civil Justice committee, this week met with representatives from law enforcement and gun rights groups to discuss possible compromise language to be inserted into the controversial bill."

"'I'm encouraged by the reception so far,'" he said. 'Hopefully, we'll have a vote next time (the Senate convenes).'"

Yet, as we've been warning you for weeks, there is plenty of cause for concern: Click on the "Read More..." link below for the entire story.

The Zanesville Times has printed another
pro-CCW letter to the editor, about politics, the history of concealed carry in Ohio, the lawsuit, and more. The author of the letter did a real number on the FOP.

While we don't endorse this attitude of futility at this point in time, the letter definitely summarizes what many pro-CCW voters may feel should they wake up Jan. 1, 2003 without Concealed Carry Reform Legislation as law.

One technical note: The author denounces then-Atty. Gen. Betty Montgomery for appealing a decision by the First District Court of Appeals concerning the lawsuit OFCC is a part of in Hamilton County. It is important to realize that Betty Montgomery's obligations under the Ohio Constitution require her to fight for the laws passed by the General Assembly, regardless of her personal position (or the administrations position), through the Ohio Supreme Court. Had Montgomery refused to do this, the Ohio Supreme Court may not have been in a position to rule on these landmark decisions and she would have violated her oath.

In a Tom Lucente editorial, the Lima News is calling upon the Ohio Senate to refrain from mucking up HB274 on behalf of the FOP labor union, and to pass the bill as is.

"All this talk about getting the FOP, a police union, behind the bill makes no sense. The job of law enforcement is to enforce the laws made by the politicians. There is a reason police are not involved in crafting laws. Involving the law enforcers in the process of legislating is a threat to liberty and sets a dangerous precedent."

"But the Senate procrastinates and Ohioans continue to live under an oppressive and outdate anti-gun law. Until Taft and senators abide by their oaths of office, Ohioans can do nothing but sit back and become victims. "

Actually, while we understand Mr. Lucente's sentiment, there IS something you CAN do:

Click here NOW to access the updated Grassroots Action Guide, which details your call-to-action for the next two weeks.

Read the entire editorial in the Lima News.